Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jar

1800-1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Double-handled earthenware jar with bands of painted decoration in manganese-purple, yellow and green on a white ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Double-handled earthenware jar with polychrome painted decoration, Tunisia (Nabeul), 1800-1900.
Physical description
Double-handled earthenware jar with bands of painted decoration in manganese-purple, yellow and green on a white ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34cm
  • Maximum width: 20cm
  • Neck diameter: 13cm
Object history
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
4316-1901

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Record createdApril 14, 2009
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